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Toxicology of Pesticides

Experimental, Clinical and Regulatory Perspectives

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Lucio G. Costa

    1. Department of Environmental Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

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  2. Corrado L. Galli

    1. Institute of Experimental Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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  3. Sheldon D. Murphy

    1. Department of Environmental Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

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Part of the book series: Nato ASI Subseries H: (ASIH, volume 13)

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Table of contents (27 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Toxicology of Pesticides: A Brief History

    • Lucio G. Costa
    Pages 1-10

  3. Production and use of Pesticides

    • Marcello Lotti
    Pages 11-17

  4. Role of Metabolism in Pesticide Selectivity and Toxicity

    • S. D. Murphy
    Pages 19-32

  5. Toxicology of Organophosphates and Carbamates

    • A. Moretto, M. K. Johnson
    Pages 33-48

  6. Toxicology of Chlorophenoxy Herbicides and Their Contaminants

    • S. D. Murphy
    Pages 49-61

  7. Reactive Oxygen Species and Cell Injury: Role in Pesticide Toxicity

    • A. P. Autor
    Pages 63-75

  8. Interaction of Insecticides with the Nervous System

    • Lucio G. Costa
    Pages 77-91

  9. The role of genetic differences in human susceptibility to pesticides

    • G. S. Omenn
    Pages 93-107

  10. The Reproductive Toxicology of Pesticides

    • Neil Chernoff
    Pages 109-123

  11. Carcinogenicity of Pesticides

    • J. R. P. Cabral
    Pages 125-145

  12. Dermal Toxicity of Pesticides

    • Corrado L. Galli, Marina Marinovich
    Pages 147-169

  13. Environmental Distribution and Fate of Pesticides. A Predictive Approach

    • D. Calamari, E. Bacci
    Pages 171-184

  14. Ecotoxicology of pesticides: the laboratory and field evaluation of the environmental hazard presented by new pesticides

    • A. R. Hardy
    Pages 185-196

  15. Clinical Management of Pesticide Poisoning

    • L. Rosenstock
    Pages 197-206

  16. Assessment of Human Exposure to Pesticides

    • Marcello Lotti
    Pages 207-214

  17. Pesticides — Risk Assessment and Safe Use

    • T. B. Hart
    Pages 215-239

  18. Role of Biotechnology in Pesticide Development: Bacillus thuringiensis as an Example

    • David A. Fischhoff
    Pages 241-252

  19. Pesticide Use Exposure and Regulation in Developed and Developing Countries

    • A. F. Pelfrène, G. Vettorazzi
    Pages 253-260

  20. Species Differences in Serum Paraoxonase Correlate with Sensitivity to Paraoxon Toxicity

    • L. G. Costa, R. J. Richter, S. D. Murphy, G. S. Omenn, A. G. Motulsky, C. E. Furlong
    Pages 263-266
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About this book

The protection of human health and food and fiber resources against the ravages of pests of many sorts is a continuous struggle by all people in the world. The use of chemical pesticides as an aid in this struggle is now also global. These chemicals are deliberately added to the environment for the purpose of killing or injuring some form of life. Because pesticides are generally less selectively toxic than would be desired, non-target species, including humans, must be protected from injury by these chemicals. This can only be achieved by thorough understanding of the comparative toxicology of these compounds, and by minimizing human (and other desirable species) exposure. The latter can only be achieved by sound regulatory policies that utilize scientific principles and data, properly tempered by both gaps in that data and sociologic and economic considerations. This book contains the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Toxicology of Pesticides: Experimental, Clinical and Regulatory Perspectives" held in Riva del Garda on October 6-15, 1986. This NATO-ASI has been promoted by the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington at Seattle, by the Institute of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milano and by the Giovanni Lorenzini Foundation, and has been sponsored by both the Society of Toxicology (USA) and the Italian Society of Toxicology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Environmental Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

    Lucio G. Costa, Sheldon D. Murphy

  • Institute of Experimental Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Corrado L. Galli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Toxicology of Pesticides

  • Book Subtitle: Experimental, Clinical and Regulatory Perspectives

  • Editors: Lucio G. Costa, Corrado L. Galli, Sheldon D. Murphy

  • Series Title: Nato ASI Subseries H:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70898-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-70900-5Published: 17 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-70898-5Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1010-8793

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 320

  • Topics: Ecology, Ecotoxicology, Anthropology, Pharmacy, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Environmental Health

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